[1] Koliqi was born in Kështenjë (Krajë), Municipality of Bar (Tivar), in Montenegro.
One school year (1966/67) he was a teacher in his hometown, while from 1973 he developed his entire career in the pedagogy department of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Prishtina, first as an assistant, then as a lecturer, docent, associate professor and to the ordinary one.
[2] He performed various tasks and functions in higher educational institutions in Kosovo and in educational and pedagogical associations, including the Minister of Education and Science in the Provisional Government of Kosovo,[3] president of the publishing council of the University of Prishtina, vice-chairman of the League of Albanian Teachers (Lidhja e Arsimtarëve Shqiptar), as well as a member of professional councils or editors of several scientific and cultural magazines.
[4] He did intensive work for the survival and independence of Albanian education in Kosovo, especially the University of Prishtina, in the years 1991–1999.
The basic areas of scientific-professional interest of Mr. Koliqi are: the history of education and Albanian and world pedagogical thought, andragogy, comparative pedagogy, philosophy of education, etc., about which he wrote numerous scientific-professional articles.